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Mihails S
Location: Latvia Joined: 27 May 2015
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 Posted: Thu 28 May, 2015 12:00 am Post subject: please help me to id this antique , grip and a half sword. |
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Dear All .
Would you kindly help me to ID this sword.
Is it a replica, is it a Victorian or later?
Thank you.
BR Mihail
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Craig Peters
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The pommel looks wrong for a medieval or renaissance sword. The grip is on the fat and bulgy side. I also notice that there's something odd about the cross; it reminds me more of "modern", i.e. post-medieval metalwork. I personally doubt it's an original piece. Maybe someone else can comment further.
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Hector A.
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Victorian repro most likely from the look of it, you can still use it to have some fun, as long as its solid.
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James Arlen Gillaspie
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Location: upstate NY Joined: 10 Nov 2005
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What is the overall length of the sword?
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Jeffrey Faulk
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Blade could be historical, but if it's medieval, it's very late. The grip, guard and pommel are definitely right out.
Most likely a theatrical weapon or Victorian/early 20th century replica.
That dagger you've got is also probably much the same.
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John Hardy
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| Posted: Thu 28 May, 2015 7:37 pm Post subject: Re: please help me to id this antique , grip and a half swor |
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| Mihails S wrote: | Dear All .
Would you kindly help me to ID this sword.
Is it a replica, is it a Victorian or later?
Thank you.
BR Mihail |
Can you post a pic of the other side of the blade? Length of blade and hilt would also help...
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John Hardy
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| Posted: Thu 28 May, 2015 7:37 pm Post subject: Re: please help me to id this antique , grip and a half swor |
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Double post.....
Last edited by John Hardy on Fri 29 May, 2015 8:42 pm; edited 1 time in total
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James Arlen Gillaspie
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It rather reminds me of a giant bayonet. I wonder if it might actually be a 'recent' military weapon.
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John Hardy
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| James Arlen Gillaspie wrote: | | It rather reminds me of a giant bayonet. I wonder if it might actually be a 'recent' military weapon. |
Good point. Also, the grip looks almost as if it is made from stacked semitranslucent disks of plex. That was a common feature of WW2 "theater-made" knives, especially those made by bored servicemen with access to machine shops on ships or in maintenance sections of mechanized units.
If the other side of the blade is flat, it could have been a rebuilt / repurposed broken smallsword blade.
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Timo Nieminen
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Looks like a giant naval dirk.
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Russian 1853 naval dirk
"In addition to being efficient, all pole arms were quite nice to look at." - Cherney Berg, A hideous history of weapons, Collier 1963.
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